
Hammond Museum and Japanese Stroll Garden Founding Artist Members Directory
Listed alphabetically by first name
Countries Represented: Argentina, Australia, Barbados, Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, England, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Morocco, Russia, Scotland, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Syria, Taiwan, USA, Wales
A
Amitabh Shrivastav
Amy Zhang
Andrea Bonfils
Andrew Zelman
Ann Mallory
Ann Tetelman
Anna Rose Holmer
B
Baltasar Samper
Bert Rechtschaffer
Brandur Patursson
C
Catherine Schmitt
Cathy O'Keefe Jarcho
Cindy Sacks
D
Donald Schwartz
E
Elizabeth Digiorgio
Ellen W Kaplan
Esmeralda Ortiz-Luis Lyn, Ph.D.
F
Frank Kara
G
George-Ann Gowan
H
Hannah Rosenstein
Hildreth Potts
I
J
Jessica Rechtschaffer
Jo-Ann Brody
John Armstrong
John Gibson
Joy Brown
Judith Wyer
K
Kathleen Goldberg
Ker Berdimurat Beckley
Kit Callahan
Kristjana Samper
L
Larry Dell
Leslie Hardie
Linda Kuehne
Lisa Fuge
M
Marilyn Richeda
Maya Matheis
Maya Rau Murthy
Michelle Cooke
Monroe Hodder
N
Nalla Wollen
O
P
Patti Ettinger
Pessi Margulies
R
Resa Gibbs
Robin Adler
Roni Sherman Ramos
S
Samuel Farrell
Sharon Fishel
Sheilah Rechtschaffer
T
V
Y
Z
Nalini Rau, Ph.D.
Classical Dance, Story Telling, Poetry


Photo credit: Rob Reynolds
Dr. Nalini Rau is a leading dancer and choreographer of Bharatanatyam in New York. Dr. Rau explores contemporary issues melding theater, dance and poetry. Since 1993, she has delighted in her roles as a director, teacher and story teller to students in Natya Anubhava Academy.
Website: nalinirau.com
Nancy Egol Nikkal
Collage and Painting



My work is described as lyrical abstraction. My primary studio practice is mixed media collage with painting, drawing, printmaking and found paper media. My work is tactile and about the sense of touch. I see and feel the ways papers and paint are in relationship and balance each other with subtle tension, see two recent series – Curvy Geometric and Metro.
Website: nikkal.com
Blog: The Art of Collage
Instagram: nancynikkal_artist
Nancy Tucker
Composer. Lyricist. Guitarist. Humorist.


Nancy Tucker is a gifted musician who “inhabits an off-beat alternative universe that inspires music to tumble into riotous abandon” says the Los Angeles Times. Her delightful spontaneity honors the playful side in each of us and offers a pathway for rediscovering the jubilance of life.
She is an accomplished guitarist, composer, lyricist and humorist with a lifelong career of live performance and recording for both children and adults. Her music features melodic finger-style compositions, inventive percussion-isms, moving string-quartets and lyrical ingenuity. Her recognitions include: A Gold Parents’ Choice Award, Grand Prize Winner/Connecticut Comedy Festival, Outstanding Artistic Achievement Award/Connecticut Song Writers Association.
Website: nancytucker
Naomi Teppich
Ceramic Mixed Media Sculptures, Ferro-Cement Sculptures



Looking at plants, shells, sea creatures, fungi, bark, and cacti inspire my art. I build small to medium-sized ceramic mixed media sculptures, and also large public ferro-cement sculptures. My materials for these large shell sculptures are stoneware fired in several different kilns. I use hand and electric tools to design my works. My pieces are filled with textures, glazes, and clay colors.
My surrounding environment inspires my ideas. I am influenced by rural settings and observations from my travels. The challenge of almost duplicating these organic forms that I find in nature or in photos is enjoyable for me.
Website: naomiteppichsculpt.com
Instagram: ntsculpt2016
Nayeli García
Video, Intervention Arts, Installation Art, Collage and Stone Lithography


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Nayeli García, State of Mexico, Mx, artist, art educational mediator, and cultural manager, my work usually talk about our interaction with social context concerning relationships, violence, power and identity. I trying to Intervene a place, a speech or idea with mix techniques and concept to give a visual and material perspective about site specific in two ways: social insertion (we or they with) which include participants or collaborations and personal insertion (me) that means introspective or individual works about my point of view.
Website: nayeligarciag
YouTube: Nayeli García
Instagram: nayeligarciag_
Nazanin Hedayat Munroe, M.F.A. Ph.D.
Textile Artist, Art Historian



Although I’ve been a textile artist my whole career, I am also a storyteller. Inspired by the Persian poets of my ancestry, my own work is often in conversation with literary characters, who were sometimes depicted on garments. Exploring and reinterpreting the application of Persian motifs and themes, I work with garments as a metaphor of the human condition. The handmade textiles are patterned with historical iconography and Sufi poetry using manual and digital techniques, juxtaposing ancient and modern processes. Garments are photographed or videoed to create a personal narrative, and often displayed within panels creating an enclosed space, representing the mind of the wearer.
I invite viewers into the space, so they can contribute to the work by sharing their own story. Relating to the theme presented in each work, viewers add flowers to paper gardens, write letters to fourteenth century poets, or color textile motifs to add to a collective work accompanying my own. Themes range from love and marriage, to pathfinding and mystic contemplation. Although the references in the work are specific and historically grounded, I strive for the messages to be universal and accessible to viewers.
Neelima Prasad Sinha
Oil on Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas , Wood and Mix Medium



Dr. Neelima Prasad Sinha works at the Department of Education Delhi. She lives in New Delhi, India.
Instagram: dr.neelimaprasadsinha
Niki Ketchman
Sculpture, Inkjet Prints, Drawings, Paintings




I have had many one person exhibitions including at The Katonah Museum, The New Britain Museum of American Art and the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park. My work has been reviewed in many publications including the New York Times, Art in America and Sculpture Magazine. The collections at the New Britain Museum of American Art, The DeCordova Museum, and the National Museum of Women in the Arts, to name a few, include my work.
Website: nikiketchman.com
Norma Greenwood
Oil Painting, Collage, Watercolor



Looking at plants, shells, sea creatures, fungi, bark, and cacti inspire my art. I build small to medium-sized ceramic mixed media sculptures, and also large public ferro-cement sculptures. My materials for these large shell sculptures are stoneware fired in several different kilns. I use hand and electric tools to design my works. My pieces are filled with textures, glazes, and clay colors.
My surrounding environment inspires my ideas. I am influenced by rural settings and observations from my travels. The challenge of almost duplicating these organic forms that I find in nature or in photos is enjoyable for me.
Websites: normagreenwood.com, nyartistscircle.com, bricartsmedia.org
Instagram: normagreenwoodart
Osiris Munir
Multi-Medium Including Oil, Acrylic, Pen, Pencil, Crayon, Markers and Ink


When there is a canvas, piece of wood, brick, or even flat paper, it feels as though I am touching a living breathing entity. When I close my eyes, I see a plethora of color, patterns, and designs while moving my hands simultaneously. Using pencils, pens, markers and both acrylic and oil, (with a preference for oil) I simply move brushes, palette knives, and at times fingers, based on the sensation that I feel through my fingers and the colors that I see with my eyes. Usually a piece will come to life once my hands touch a surface.
I am always inspired by what others see, feel, or experience upon viewing my work.
Websites: expressinabstract, ankhentertainmentone
Instagram: Express in Abstract
Youtube: AnkhEntertainment
Pam Smilow
Mixed Media on Canvas or Paper, Printmaking (Linocut, Monoprint)


I have always had trouble writing about my art. I can say it much better in paint. I can, though, describe my process, which I consider close to that of a jazz musician improvising. I do not hear a symphony in my head and then put it down. Instead, I build on every stroke I do, starting with the gesso and building up layer after layer after that. My surfaces are defined by and reflect the thickness of that build up. For my vocabulary, I draw heavily on childhood memories, on many personal experiences throughout the years, and my travels. Nature continues to be one of my biggest inspirations.
When I make a painting, I seek to create a little piece of beauty and a refuge from our busy and chaotic lives, an inspiration to bring a little bit of joy into the universe through color, composition and content. I see each piece of my work as one step on a continuum, each painting not precious unto itself but as an ongoing journey. I consider myself very lucky to get up every day and enjoy what I do.
Website: pamelasmilow.com
In Other Words essay: The Sophisticated Innocence of Pam Smilow
Pamela Benham
Acrylic on Canvas, Ink and Charcoal on Paper
